By Jerry Omondi Nigerian President Muhammad Buhari is set to arrive in Kenya later on Tuesday ahead of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), scheduled for 3rd – 4th March, in Nairobi. The Nigerian Presidency said Buhari made the trip at the invitation of President Uhuru Kenyatta. “President Buhari…
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Earlier today, Orbit Innovation Hub and Mastercard Foundation marked the successful completion of a pilot incubation and acceleration program for start-ups. The year-long program was designed to help budding entrepreneurs turn their ideas, or early-stage start-ups, into thriving businesses. The program’s first cohort consisted of 15 start-up founders who are now…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Egyptian side Pyramids FC made it three wins out of three matches after defeating three-time winners CS Sfaxien of Tunisia 1-0 in their CAF Confederation Cup Group A match at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo on Sunday. Defender Ali Gabr scored the only goal of the game in the third minute…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Former Cameroon captain Rigobert Song is the new head coach of the Indomitable Lions after Portuguese tactician Antonio Conceiçao was sacked on Monday. “The upcoming deadlines for our national team require new orientations and a new breath,” Samuel Eto’o, president of the Cameroon football federation (FECAFOOT) said in a statement. 60-year-old Conceiçao was…
By XINHUA Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday committed to strengthening regional infrastructure in order to boost intra-Africa trade. Kenyatta, in a speech read on his behalf by James Macharia, the cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works, told a continental forum in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, that his…
ABUJA, NIGERIA — African health authorities are calling for better coordination to ensure COVID-19 vaccines are distributed quickly to all African nations. Vaccine supplies have surpassed demand for the first time since the pandemic began two years ago. But health officials at a conference in Nigeria said Wednesday that a lack of refrigeration and poor infrastructure…
BLANTYRE, MALAWI — Malawi has received nearly 300,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine under COVAX, the global initiative founded to foster equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. This is the first vaccine donation this year, after the country’s stocks were depleted in December. The donation from Japan Saturday is part of about 2 million doses of…
NAIROBI, KENYA — Decreasing the usage of plastic and increasing its recycling is the aim of a resolution being presented at a United Nations Environment Program conference that opens Monday in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. According to the UNEP, 300,000 tons of plastic are produced yearly, and only 10 percent recycled, contributing to environmental pollution that, according…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Ethiopian runner Yalemzerf Yehualaw set a new world record for a women’s 10km by winning the Marató bp Castelló mixed race in Castellón de la Plana, Spain, on Sunday. Yehualaw completed the race in a time of 29:14 which is 24 seconds quicker than the previous mark set by Ethiopia-born Bahraini Kalkidan…
By XINHUA The death toll of Lassa fever in Nigeria this year has risen to 86 amid government measures to reduce infections, Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Saturday. The disease control agency said in a statement that 21 additional deaths and 91 new infections were recorded in the country on February 14-21. The…
